Big jolt to Congress, ex-Law Minister Ashwani Kumar quits

New Delhi (IANS) Ahead of the Assembly polls in Punjab, the Congress suffered a big setback on Tuesday as former Law Minister Ashwani Kumar quit the party.

He sent his resignation letter to Sonia Gandhi on Monday.

"Having given my thoughtful…

Indian nationals asked to leave Ukraine temporarily

Kiev/New Delhi (IANS) In a latest advisory issued on Tuesday, the Embassy of India in Kiev has asked Indian nationals in Ukraine, particularly students whose stay is not essential, to consider leaving the country temporarily in the wake of the current…

India's Jan merchandise exports rise over 25%, imports 23%

New Delhi (IANS) India's January 2022 merchandise exports rose to $34.50 billion, higher by 25.28 per cent on a year-on-year basis, official data showed on Tuesday.

The exports during January 2021 stood at $27.54 billion.

The data…

No sign of any de-escalation from Russia so far: NATO chief

New Delhi (IANS) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has said that it has not seen any sign of de-escalation on the ground from the Russian side with regard to Ukraine.

Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in Brussels, "We…

Voter turnout till 11 a.m.: UP 23.03%, U'khand 18.97% & Goa 26.63%

New Delhi (IANS) The voting percentage on Monday till 11 a.m. in the second phase Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh was 23.03 per cent, 18.97 per cent in Uttarakhand and 26.63 per cent in Goa, according to Election Commission (EC) data.

The data…

Centre to ban 54 Chinese apps posing threat to national security

New Delhi (IANS) The Centre is all set to ban 54 Chinese mobile applications which are posing threat to national security, the sources in the Ministry of Home Affairs said on Monday.

According to sources, the Ministry of Electronics and Information…

India's Jan wholesale price inflation sequentially eases to 12.96%

New Delhi (IANS) Lower prices of manufactured goods and a slight dip in fuel cost eased India's January 2022 wholesale inflation on a sequential basis.

Accordingly, the annual rate of inflation, based on wholesale prices, eased to 12.96…

Not possible: Maran, KAL Airways to SC on Rs 600 Cr settlement offer by SpiceJet

New Delhi (IANS) Kalanithi Maran and KAL Airways informed the Supreme Court on Monday that SpiceJet's offer of Rs 600 crore towards full and final settlement of the share transfer dispute was not acceptable.

Senior advocate Maninder Singh,…

ABGSL loan-fraud: LIC grazed; ICICI, IDBI worst-hit in Rs 22,842 cr scam

Mumbai (IANS) The sensational Rs 22,842 crore mega loan fraud allegedly perpetrated by the Gujarat-based ABG Shipyard Ltd (ABGSL) did not spare the IPO-bound Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) while the ICICI Bank and the IDBI Bank took the…

Asian Water Birds Census held in Lalmatia Dam of Latehar

Latehar: The census of Asian waterbirds was carried out by the Forest Department at Lalmatia Dam in the Latehar district.

Deputy Commissioner Abu Imran was present in the programme as the chief guest. In the programme organized by the Forest Department,…